u32                             idx;
        int                             idx_asm;
        int                             jump_sources;
-       /*
-        * actual length of this array is saved on the nr_events field
-        * of the struct annotate_browser
-        */
-       struct disasm_line_samples      samples[1];
 };
 
 static struct annotate_browser_opt {
 
 static inline struct browser_disasm_line *disasm_line__browser(struct disasm_line *dl)
 {
-       struct annotation_line *al = &dl->al;
-
-       return (void *) al - al->privsize;
+       return (void *) dl - sizeof(struct browser_disasm_line);
 }
 
 static bool disasm_line__filter(struct ui_browser *browser __maybe_unused,
        bool show_title = false;
 
        for (i = 0; i < ab->nr_events; i++) {
-               if (bdl->samples[i].percent > percent_max)
-                       percent_max = bdl->samples[i].percent;
+               if (dl->al.samples[i].percent > percent_max)
+                       percent_max = dl->al.samples[i].percent;
        }
 
        if ((row == 0) && (dl->al.offset == -1 || percent_max == 0.0)) {
        if (dl->al.offset != -1 && percent_max != 0.0) {
                for (i = 0; i < ab->nr_events; i++) {
                        ui_browser__set_percent_color(browser,
-                                               bdl->samples[i].percent,
+                                               dl->al.samples[i].percent,
                                                current_entry);
                        if (annotate_browser__opts.show_total_period) {
                                ui_browser__printf(browser, "%11" PRIu64 " ",
-                                                  bdl->samples[i].he.period);
+                                                  dl->al.samples[i].he.period);
                        } else if (annotate_browser__opts.show_nr_samples) {
                                ui_browser__printf(browser, "%6" PRIu64 " ",
-                                                  bdl->samples[i].he.nr_samples);
+                                                  dl->al.samples[i].he.nr_samples);
                        } else {
                                ui_browser__printf(browser, "%6.2f ",
-                                                  bdl->samples[i].percent);
+                                                  dl->al.samples[i].percent);
                        }
                }
        } else {
        return ret;
 }
 
-static int disasm__cmp(struct disasm_line *da,
-                      struct disasm_line *db, int nr_pcnt)
+static int disasm__cmp(struct annotation_line *a,
+                      struct annotation_line *b, int nr_pcnt)
 {
-       struct browser_disasm_line *a = disasm_line__browser(da);
-       struct browser_disasm_line *b = disasm_line__browser(db);
        int i;
 
        for (i = 0; i < nr_pcnt; i++) {
        return 0;
 }
 
-static void disasm_rb_tree__insert(struct rb_root *root, struct disasm_line *dl,
+static void disasm_rb_tree__insert(struct rb_root *root, struct annotation_line *al,
                                   int nr_events)
 {
        struct rb_node **p = &root->rb_node;
        struct rb_node *parent = NULL;
-       struct disasm_line *l;
+       struct annotation_line *l;
 
        while (*p != NULL) {
                parent = *p;
-               l = rb_entry(parent, struct disasm_line, al.rb_node);
+               l = rb_entry(parent, struct annotation_line, rb_node);
 
-               if (disasm__cmp(dl, l, nr_events))
+               if (disasm__cmp(al, l, nr_events))
                        p = &(*p)->rb_left;
                else
                        p = &(*p)->rb_right;
        }
-       rb_link_node(&dl->al.rb_node, parent, p);
-       rb_insert_color(&dl->al.rb_node, root);
+       rb_link_node(&al->rb_node, parent, p);
+       rb_insert_color(&al->rb_node, root);
 }
 
 static void annotate_browser__set_top(struct annotate_browser *browser,
        symbol__calc_percent(sym, evsel);
 
        list_for_each_entry(pos, ¬es->src->source, al.node) {
-               struct browser_disasm_line *bpos = disasm_line__browser(pos);
                double max_percent = 0.0;
                int i;
 
                for (i = 0; i < browser->nr_events; i++) {
                        struct annotation_data *sample = &pos->al.samples[i];
 
-                       bpos->samples[i].percent = sample->percent;
-                       bpos->samples[i].he      = sample->he;
-
-                       if (max_percent < bpos->samples[i].percent)
-                               max_percent = bpos->samples[i].percent;
+                       if (max_percent < sample->percent)
+                               max_percent = sample->percent;
                }
 
                if (max_percent < 0.01 && pos->al.ipc == 0) {
                        RB_CLEAR_NODE(&pos->al.rb_node);
                        continue;
                }
-               disasm_rb_tree__insert(&browser->entries, pos,
+               disasm_rb_tree__insert(&browser->entries, &pos->al,
                                       browser->nr_events);
        }
        pthread_mutex_unlock(¬es->lock);
        };
        int ret = -1, err;
        int nr_pcnt = 1;
-       size_t sizeof_bdl = sizeof(struct browser_disasm_line);
 
        if (sym == NULL)
                return -1;
                return -1;
        }
 
-       if (perf_evsel__is_group_event(evsel)) {
+       if (perf_evsel__is_group_event(evsel))
                nr_pcnt = evsel->nr_members;
-               sizeof_bdl += sizeof(struct disasm_line_samples) *
-                 (nr_pcnt - 1);
-       }
 
        err = symbol__annotate(sym, map, evsel,
-                              sizeof_bdl, &browser.arch,
+                              sizeof(struct browser_disasm_line), &browser.arch,
                               perf_evsel__env_cpuid(evsel));
        if (err) {
                char msg[BUFSIZ];